U.S. At War: Breathing Spell

Up rose Majority Leader Barkley in the midst of the 40-hour-week
hullabaloo in Congress. He told his colleagues their hysteria was
needless. The critical mail pouring into Washington had been inspired
by old enemies of the New Deal. The motive: to destroy New Deal labor
laws. The "grass roots" uprising in the South was an organized
campaign. Congressmen bellowing about the 40-hour week had better go
home, talk to the voters.